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by hools100RS
Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:27 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Advice needed: tank lining
Replies: 6
Views: 1165

Re: Advice needed: tank lining

Thanks everyone! I had considered just cleaning and using GSPD, as the rust is really only a dusting over otherwise bright metal. I reckon Melville’s vinegar treatment, a flush and use thereafter is where I’m at!👍I’ll monitor and decide on a coating if required. The RedKote info was great! Thanks PAS!
by hools100RS
Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:34 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Advice needed: tank lining
Replies: 6
Views: 1165

Advice needed: tank lining

G’day all. I’ve just acquired a new tank for the mighty R80g/s. A rare 45 litre Heinrich (by Theofried Jekel) ….. massive, in great nick. Inside, the tank is unlined, not coated and by torchlight through the filler, has a very, very lite surface rust. After treating the rust I’d RedKote the inside b...
by hools100RS
Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:01 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Driveshaft: caught just in time
Replies: 6
Views: 2532

Re: Driveshaft: caught just in time

G'day Jeff! Yes...good call...I'm a crap welder!! But there must be significant stresses on that yoke as some of the other welds had the beginning of fractures across them which I had to repair. Still, I can't get over the 'repairabilty' of so much that I've been able to break over the years and the...
by hools100RS
Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:58 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Driveshaft: caught just in time
Replies: 6
Views: 2532

Driveshaft: caught just in time

My old ‘81 r80g/s is a pearler. Oct. 1980 build. In its 350,000 k lifetime, it’s on its third set of rings, has had cam chains, rotors, diode boards, regulator, diff bearings, exhaust headers (the originals went porus!) broken spokes, bent handlebars, flogged needle jets, valve guides, clutch plate…...
by hools100RS
Sat Jul 22, 2017 5:30 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: What have I got here?
Replies: 22
Views: 7647

Re: What have I got here?

Thanks ZM! I don't really know which way to go..... The thing is so long I think going 'tank to tank' on that solo seat could be an eye waterer!!! Not much ball room! But you're right, it would certainly attract attention but is primarily an ultra distance accessory and as per the other pics, its 'l...
by hools100RS
Fri Jul 21, 2017 11:06 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: What have I got here?
Replies: 22
Views: 7647

Re: What have I got here?

Hi Rob and Steve. Thanks for the replies. You know, I might have been a little hasty with the initial 'butt ugly' appraisal, 'cause its hard to visualise how it could look...... With a little further digging, I turned up this ......."This tank was on my 1984 BMW R100RS Limited Edition and hence...
by hools100RS
Fri Jul 21, 2017 4:38 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: What have I got here?
Replies: 22
Views: 7647

Re: What have I got here?

That's awesome Steve! One question answered! The other is, what do I do with the bloody thing? God...is it ugly!!! :? There's just no getting around it! From the couple of pics you've sent, I reckon you'd need to be on the juice to find it appealing!!! :lol: Googling Heingericke, they appear to be a...
by hools100RS
Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:45 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: What have I got here?
Replies: 22
Views: 7647

Re: What have I got here?

Barry, Rob and Steve. G'day! I posted my pics on Imgur as per Robs suggestion. http://i.imgur.com/ZCZ1d1Hs.jpg Mounting points http://i.imgur.com/FBMrHjt.jpg Next to a 65LS tank for comparison http://i.imgur.com/rkTsAiN.jpg Made in the Fatherland!!!! http://i.imgur.com/Q3l1M22.jpg http://i.imgur.com...
by hools100RS
Thu Jul 20, 2017 3:51 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: What have I got here?
Replies: 22
Views: 7647

What have I got here?

Hi everyone. My first post for a few years.......still airhead crazy! I'm in the midst of a dilemma! I purchased a heap of airhead parts earlier in the year and in the cache of bits was a HUGE fuel tank .....38-40 litres capacity (est). http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/u374/hools100RS/DSC02030_zp...
by hools100RS
Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:02 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Dielectric Grease
Replies: 22
Views: 3688

StruthvJeff, this's the only bit of this

Struth Jeff, this 'grease' stuff is big where I'm from!! Dielectric............two electrics.......right? It's the word!! It's got truth.... it's got meaning!! Your command of Austrian is as smooth as a tubfull of dielectric grease.......hools.